Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
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Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Chappaqua Hill stands 219 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Glover's Rock, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
The Bartow–Pell Mansion is a historic house museum at Shore Road in the northern section of Pelham Bay Park, within the New York City borough of the Bronx. The two-story building, designed in the mid-19th century by an unknown architect, has a Greek Revival facade and federal interiors and is the last surviving manor house in the Pelham Bay Park area. The grounds surrounding the mansion take up 9 acres (3.6 ha) and include a three-story carriage house; terraced gardens overlooking Long Island Sound to the east; and a small burial plot for the Pell family, which once occupied the land. The house sits on an estate that Thomas Pell purchased from the native Siwanoy in 1654; the Pell family built two previous residences on the grounds in both 1675 and 1790. Robert Bartow, a relative of the Pell family, built the third and current house at some point between 1836 and 1842. Ownership of the house remained in the Bartow and Pell families until 1888, when the government of New York City bought it, and the house remained empty until 1914 when the International Garden Club, co-founded by Zelia Hoffman and Alice Martineau, leased it. The IGC renovated the home into a clubhouse and moved in during 1915. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia used the mansion as his summer residence during 1936. The IGC opened part of the house to the public as a museum in May 1946 while continuing to use it as a clubhouse. The mansion's carriage house was restored between 1987 and 1993. The house is oriented on a north-south axis with wings on either side, and has a stone facade with balconies and large windows. The interior of the mansion's first floor is arranged around a square central hall with an elliptical staircase; it includes two parlors, a sitting room and a small dining room. The second floor contains bedrooms, while the cellar was used for storing wine. The carriage house, which contained a stable hand's home, vehicular storage, and the hayloft, has served as an exhibition and educational space since 1993. Some of the furnishings include the desk of Aaron Burr and a Lannuier bed. The mansion's facade, interior, and surrounding grounds are designated as a New York City designated landmark and a National Historic Landmark.
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Dates from 1836.
Wikidata Q4865770, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 7.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glover's Rock: 0.5 mi
- Split Rock: 1.1 mi
- Pelham Bay Park World War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Peace Monument: 2.1 mi
- Mercury School Ship Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Shore Park: 1.2 mi
- Prospect Baseball Field 2: 1.2 mi
- City Island Park: 1.4 mi
- Glen Island Park: 1.5 mi
- Martha Emmons Weihman Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Glen Island: 1.4 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 3.1 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 3.1 mi
- Manor Beach: 4.3 mi
- Baxter Estates Village Beach: 6.1 mi
- Wilhelm Tell: 1.7 mi
- Dolphin: 2.0 mi
- Bruce Lee Mural: 3.1 mi
- Farragut Monument: 3.4 mi
- Shamrock: 3.7 mi
- Tillotson Steps: 1.9 mi
- World of Birds: 3.9 mi
- Parking: 4.0 mi
- Monkey House: 4.0 mi
- Dholes: 4.1 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 2.5 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 3.3 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 4.2 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 4.4 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.7 mi
- 211th Street Block Association Garden: 3.1 mi
- Garden in the Park: 3.3 mi
- Edible Academy: 3.6 mi
- Rockefeller Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
- Ornamental Conifers: 3.8 mi
- Steere Herbarium: 3.8 mi
- Museum of Bronx History: 3.9 mi
- Marble School House: 4.0 mi
- Thomas Paine Cottage and Museum: 4.4 mi
- American Merchant Marine Museum: 4.5 mi
- Vault Hill: 4.9 mi
- Bronx High Point: 5.4 mi
- Marble Hill: 5.5 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 5.9 mi
- Tetards Hill: 5.9 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 7.9 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 8.5 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
- Street Seats: 11.2 mi
- Palisades: 7.2 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.5 mi
- The Palisades: 8.1 mi
- Palisades: 8.7 mi
- Palisades: 10.6 mi
- The Falls: 2.1 mi
- The Loch: 9.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 16.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 16.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 16.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 3.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 4.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 15.5 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 15.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 16.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.2 mi
- Cuties Island: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chappaqua Hill | N 5° | 219 m | 20.8 mi |
| Sarles Hill | N 3° | 216 m | 19.2 mi |
| Hook Mountain | NNW 341° | 214 m | 18.2 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | N 359° | 211 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 333° | 208 m | 13.8 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 7° | 180 m | 16.3 mi |
| Round Hill | NNE 23° | 172 m | 17.4 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNE 14° | 170 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368061866
Day trips start here
- Mount Vernon · 3 mi
- Pelham · 3 mi
- New Rochelle · 4 mi
- Bronx · 5 mi
- Bronxville · 5 mi
- Larchmont · 5 mi
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